Martin Davies

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I am presently Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Melbourne. Previously I was Associate Professor and Director of the Williams Centre for Learning Advancement in the Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Melbourne and an Honorary Fellow in Economics. I edited the *Palgrave Handbook of Critical Thinking in Higher Education* (Palgrave, 2015), and the second edition of the popular *Study Skills for International Postgraduates* (Bloomsbury, 2022). My new book (with Ron Barnett) is forthcoming with Routledge in 2026 in their *World Issues in Theory and Philosophy of Higher Education* series titled: *From Critical Thinking to Criticality: a Higher Education for a Troubled World*. I was a keynote speaker at a colloquium at the University of Geneva in 2024.

Experience

  • 2014–present
    Principal Fellow, University of Melbourne
  • 2010–2014
    Associate Professor, University of Melbourne

Education

  • 2002 
    University of Adelaide, Doctor of Philosophy
  • 2000 
    University of Adelaide, Graduate Diploma in Education
  • 1994 
    Flinders University, Doctor of Philosophy
  • 1987 
    Flinders University, Bachelor of Arts (Hons)

Publications

  • 2026
    From Critical Thinking to Criticality: a Higher Education for a Troubled World, Routledge
  • 2022
    Study Skills for International Postgraduates (2nd edition), Bloomsbury 9781 35201 2569
  • 2015
    The Palgrave Handbook of Critical Thinking in Higher Education, New York: Palgrave MacMillan. 9781137378033
  • 2011
    Study Skills for International Postgraduates (1st edition), Basingstoke: Palgrave MacMIllan.140 399 580 X
  • 2010
    Interdisciplinary Higher Education: Perspectives and Practicalities, (with Marcia Devlin and Malcolm Tight) (Vol. 5). Bingley: Emerald 1479-3628
  • 2006
    The Nature of Knowing: A Resource Manual for Understanding Knowledge, (with K. H. Sievers) Melton, Melbourne: Ibid Press.987 1 876659 01 1
  • 2003
    The Philosophy of Sir William Mitchell (1961-1962): A Mind's Own Place, (Vol. 73). Lewiston, N.Y.: Edwin Mellen Press.0 7734 6733 5
  • 1996
    Experience and Content: Consequences of a Continuum Theory, Hants, Aldershot: Avebury.1 85972 342 X

Professional Memberships

  • Australasian Association of Philosophy
  • Higher Education Research and Development Association (Australasia)

Research Areas

  • Philosophy Of Cognition (220312)
  • Philosophy Of Mind (Excl. Cognition) (220314)
  • Philosophical Psychology (Incl. Moral Psychology And Philosophy Of Action) (220311)
  • Educational Psychology (170103)
  • History And Philosophy Of Education (220202)
  • Higher Education (130103)

Honours

H. J. Allen Prize in Philosophy, University of Adelaide (2002); Australia Day Award Nomination (2016 and 2017); Vice Chancellor's Award (2018)

Contact Martin for

  • Consulting / Advising
  • Research collaboration
  • Research supervision